title: Vertical mammaplasty for gigantomastia.
abstract: A 48-year-old female patient presented with gigantomastia. The sternal notch-nipple distance was 55 cm for the right breast and 50 cm for the left. Vertical mammaplasty based on the superior pedicle was performed. The resected tissue weighed 3400 g for the right breast and 2800 g for the left breast. The outcome was excellent with respect to symmetry, shape, size, residual scars, and sensitivity of the nipple-areola complex. Longer pedicles or larger resections were not found in the literature on vertical mammaplasty applications. In our opinion, by using the vertical mammaplasty technique in gigantomastia it is possible to achieve a well-projecting shape and preserve NAC sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Esthetic Surgery, Düzce Medical Faculty, Duzce University, Düzce 81620, Turkey. deryaozcelik68@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ozçelik
authors.forename: Toygar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Unveren
authors.forename: Gaye
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Toplu
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bilgen
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iskender
authors.forename: Cemal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Senyuva
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged